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Rick
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:00 pm    Post subject: Sunderland discovery Reply with quote
Interesting find at Pembroke Dock in Wales:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-battle-atlantic-flying-boat-6404822

more photos and details here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523196/WWII-Sunderland-flying-boat-raised-seabed-65ft-waves.html

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi
I can't remember the title, but I have had a book from the library some time ago which had a story about a gale in Milford Haven (could have been a different gale of course) when one Sunderland was saved by the crew being on board started engines and manouevred the aircraft against the wind in the middle of the harbour.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lovely aircraft and great story.

I remember when on Honeymoon in New Zealand a few years back we visited the Museum of transport and tech (MOTAT), I was allowed to wander round a hanger where a group of volunteers were restoring one of these great aircraft.
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